Three US Naval Heroes Inside a Vacuum Tube
Jones, Perry, and Farragut all had ties to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Portland Burned, Portsmouth Spared in 1775
Captain Mowat torched 400 buildings and left 1,000 homeless
Timeline: The Life of John Paul Jones
A quick chronology of a complex Revolutionary War hero
Evan Thomas on John Paul Jones
Our interview with the bestselling biographer
Submerged: Making the USS Squalus Movie
An interview with director James Keach about his close-to-history submarine drama
Why I Avoid Fake Pirates
They evoke a spirit of the past that never happened and teach us nothing
Portsmouth Sailors on the Move in World War I
Naval Reserve facts from the back of a stereoview card
The Saga of the “Jenny Lind” Figurehead
Was it really attached to a Portsmouth-built clipper ship?
The Myth of Hampton’s Viking Grave
A 1902 article kicked off a legend that refuses to die
The Other John Paul Jones House
It's now privately owned in Fredericksburg
The 1832 Sea Rescue of Hartwell Walker
A family letter describes a harrowing Piscataqua boating accident that left one dead
Sam Haley: Shipwrecks Were His Business
Salvage and Rescue at the Isles of Shoals